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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: Thomas M. who wrote (5506)7/20/2004 4:23:06 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
No place like home....

An estimated 60,000 French Jews have emigrated to Israel since 1948; almost half of them - 26,000 - have returned.

news.independent.co.uk

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French embassy officials [in Israel] say applications for foreign passports have doubled in recent months from the normal. in the number of applications they normally receive for foreign passports. The embassy spokesman's office reported that Israeli citizens submit approximately 40 applications a day for French passports - people whose parents immigrated to Israel from Algeria, Tunisia or France. This is double the rate in the same period last year.

The embassy assumes the number of potential applicants is even higher still, since the application is an extended procedure that can take up to a year, making it difficult to assess the numbers with any exactitude.
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